Klarna, the AI-powered payments and commerce network, unveiled the pilot launch of Klarna Card: a new debit product combined with access to built-in flexible payment options, powered by Visa Flexible Credential and issued by WebBank. Unlike traditional credit cards that can see consumers incur additional debt and interest charges, the Klarna Card will allow consumers to pay immediately or pay later when needed - online or in-store - at more than 150 million Visa-accepting merchants worldwide.

XYB, the Adaptive Financial Infrastructure (AFI) platform redefining how financial institutions build, launch, and scale modern banking experiences, today announced a strategic partnership with Bud Financial, the leading provider of AI-powered data intelligence solutions for financial services.

British shoppers refuse to be parted from physical payments cards, despite the huge popularity of digital services like Apple Pay and Google Pay, new figures from ad-enabled payments company Zilch reveal today.

The findings from a Zilch poll come as Zilch launches its first physical card, offering benefits for customers however they choose to pay.

Currency.com, a global digital finance provider, announced the acquisition of its 31st U.S. Money Transmitter License (MTL), with regulatory approval granted in the state of Tennessee. The achievement brings the company significantly closer to its strategic goal of acquiring full licensure across all 50 U.S. states.

Genesis Global, the AI-native application development platform purpose-built for financial markets organizations, added bond deal Roadshow tracking tools to its Primary Bond Issuance (PBI) solution.

HSBC UK Private Banking is the first major UK bank to adopt Addepar’s leading software platform designed specifically for wealth managers. This follows adoption in the US Private Bank, with rollout in the Channel Islands and Luxembourg to come later this year. 

Liberis, a leading global embedded finance platform, today announced the launch of its proprietary AI underwriting agent, Ada. Designed to supercharge underwriting teams by eliminating repetitive manual tasks and accelerating funding decisions for businesses, Ada represents a major advancement in automated credit decisioning. 

One year after announcing its vision to phase out manual card entry and drive 100% tokenisation, Mastercard is celebrating major strides across Europe, where a growing number of partners are adopting the technologies that underpin safer, smarter digital commerce. 

Transactility Inc., the company behind the widely used open-source card payments framework jPOS, has announced the release of jPOS 3. This major upgrade introduces ISO 20022 compatibility, improved performance, and enhanced observability features, positioning jPOS at the forefront of the future payment infrastructure.

Bolt, the global shared mobility platform, today announced a strategic partnership with leading global payments and financial platform, Airwallex, to build a new payments system for its drivers.